The 1976 U.S. Women's Open was the 31st U.S. Women's Open, held July 8–12 at Rolling Green Golf Club in Springfield, Pennsylvania, a suburb west of Philadelphia.

JoAnne Carner, the 1971 champion, won in a Monday playoff over defending champion Sandra Palmer by a score of 76 to 78. The two had tied at 292 (+8), four strokes ahead of Jane Blalock.

Final leaderboard

Sunday, July 11, 1976

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T1	JoAnne Carner	71-71-77-73=292	+8	Playoff
	Sandra Palmer	70-74-73-75=292
3	Jane Blalock	75-72-73-76=296	+12	3,454
4	Susie McAllister	76-78-70-73=297	+13	2,654
T5	Amy Alcott	72-75-78-74=299	+15	2,329
	Sharon Miller	75-75-77-72=299
7	Silvia Bertolaccini	78-73-74-75=300	+16	2,054
T8	Susie Berning	73-76-79-75=303	+19	1,954
	Betsy King (a)	76-74-76-77=303		0
T10	Carole Jo Callison	78-77-72-78=305	+21	1,854
	Carol Semple (a)	71-77-82-75=305		0
	Debbie Massey (a)	75-74-74-82=305

(a) = amateur
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Playoff

Monday, July 12, 1976

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	JoAnne Carner	76	+5	9,054
2	Sandra Palmer	78	+7	5,554

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